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Dinner with a TWIST over the School Holidays

Bring the kids in for dinner and entertainment over the school holidays.

Thursday nights (9th and 16th July) between 6pm – 8pm, Circus Marty will be here twisting magnificent, colourful balloon creations – animals, flowers, head-wear, swords… you name it!

PLUS we have free colouring books* to give away to every child that dines in at the Food Court. 

Bring your whole family to Eastgate these holidays for Thursday night dinner.  We have something for everyone at our delicious food court – pizza, burgers, kebabs, Chinese, Indian.  Come and enjoy while the kids colour in (crayons provided) and be entertained by Circus Marty.

* There are limited numbers.  These will be available while stocks last.

Essential Services Open

Eastgate is proud and happy to be still able to provide the following essential services to our Customers.

Countdown is open from 9am to 8pm daily. You can also shop online for pick up or delivery.

Unichem Pharmacy is open 9am until 6pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday.

Linwood Medical Centre is open 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 5 pm on Saturday. Their dispensary is open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.

Access to the Centre is via Buckleys Rd or the main entrance from the carpark. The Medical Centre Lobby is also accessible.

However on Saturdays the Medical Centre is only accessible from the lobby and you will need to call ahead to be given access to the building. ph 03 3892550

Closing all but essentials

To our amazing, resilient community

Eastgate is now closed in support of the country’s fight against Covid-19. 

All non-essential businesses have to close their doors for a minimum of 4 weeks but rest assured that essential services, Medical Centre, Unichem Pharmacy, and Countdown will remain open.  They do have stock so please be considerate and kind when shopping.  Please continue to practice social distancing and maintain all hygiene guides recommended by Ministry of Health.

Further communication from the centre will be forthcoming (via website and Facebook) as and when additional information and direction is released from the Government and if opening times of our essential stores change from those listed above (delete store reference if not applicable).

Be safe, take care of yourself and each other.  We are a strong community, let us stay strong throughout this.  

Key numbers include:  Healthline 0800 358 5453 and Age Concern 03-366 0903

From the staff and management at Eastgate

Your safety is our priority

To our dear Eastgate community

The health and safety of customers and staff is a priority. We want to assure customers that robust health and safety procedures have been put in place in response to Covid-19 coronavirus.

Proactive measures in place at our shopping centre include:

• Thorough ongoing cleaning and disinfecting of food court tables and chairs
• Spacing out of the foodcourt table and chairs to help with social distancing to aid your comfort
• An increase in the frequency and intensity of cleaning in public spaces, including bathrooms and high-contact surfaces
• Creating new and different marketing activities to minimise close social contact
• The introduction of hand sanitiser stations around the centre and foodcourt
• The inclusion of public health messaging within the shopping centre regarding virus prevention as recommended by the Ministry of Health.

Some measures may be an inconvenience, but the health and safety of our staff and shoppers is our priority.

We will be updating these measures as the public health response to Covid-19 evolves, and will do all we can to communicate changes to customers.

We appreciate and thank you for your patience and support during this time and ask if you do feel unwell, then please stay home. The latest Covid-19 advice from the Ministry of Health is available here.